“Jesus never wore a collar, built a basilica, or crowned a pope.”
Source: The Devil in the Holy City: How the Roman Catholic Church Corrupted Christianity
“The system doesn’t fear rebellion. It fears awakening.”
Source: The Devil in the Holy City: How the Roman Catholic Church Corrupted Christianity
“It’s not just about corruption. It’s about escape.”
Source: The Devil in the Holy City: How the Roman Catholic Church Corrupted Christianity
“Solitude strips away the borrowed self and forces you to meet the real one. That meeting can be terrifying. It can also be the beginning of your freedom.”
Source: Silence and Solitude Mastery: The Religion of Solitude - The Hidden Power of Being Alone and Quiet
“Behind the wheel, staring out at the long, flat landscape, with Garth Brooks blaring on the radio and the dash slick with Armor All, Texas sun shining through the windshield, I felt a new sense of freedom. But this freedom wasn't what I'd felt as a little girl on my banana-seat bike; the definition had changed. Back then, freedom was a kind of abandon- wild, reckless, unselfconscious. Now I felt free when I could control every detail, from the temperature to the song on the stereo to where I would go next.”
Source: The Tell: A Memoir
“The true value of freedom, is revealed only in its absence. It is a structural ingredient whose removal takes wit it the colour, taste and substance of life.”
Source: The Book That Held Her Heart
“Order without freedom is quiet tyranny; regulation must never become repression. The line between order and oppression is drawn in the ink of public consent.”
“Even the darkest gods can’t extinguish the light of a soul that still burns.
— The Soul Thief’s Bargain”
Source: The Soul Thief’s Bargain
“..our trip is only a means to an end; the adventure lies in the sail through the ocean of the spirit, to find a sea (see) way to God. No fear must I have. I must sail into the unknown, and as crew I have lawbreakers, criminals--my passions, lusts, lies, laziness, and many other handicaps; but one power I have also, a heart full of warm love, love for men, for the world, for beauty, purity, truth, which we call God. Thus it is; and so let come what will. And now may the bird of my longing spread its wings to a flight across the big ocean.....”
Source: Quest
“We have to live collectively again, redefining contemporary political philosophy and revolutionary art. Perhaps the creative teams of friends, the affinity groups, the occupied parks, the squats and the social centers can become points for bringing alive all those dreams we lost in the selfishness of our small, insignificant, individual illusions. We may have to fight against many fears, traps, deeply rooted lies, psychological complexes, and insecurities. And then we will link our daily lives with the most magical secret desires to transform the streets of Metropolis in precious moments of freedom and happiness.”
Source: We Are an Image from the Future: The Greek Revolt of December 2008